Opening Agenda

Things to Get: Notebook paper Annotated Arch Book (White)

Things to Do: Opener: Frank Lloyd Wright Class work: Lecture- Modern

architecture and Wright Closure: Application of Wright

Opener - The Annotated Arch, pg. 126-129. Answer the following question.

10 minutes!

1) The most famous architect of the twentieth century is Frank Lloyd Wright. What did he invent?

2) Why did Wright’s mother give her son maple blocks? 3) Describe the Robie house. Include a description of the interior

and exterior of this building. 4) Complete this sentence: ___________ became a sculptural

element that could be ______________ ____________________________________.

5) How did Prairie houses reflect the prairie? 6) How did Wright create rooms in homes that were room-less? 7) What was Wright’s masterpiece? 8) Why is Fallingwater an example of organic architecture? 9) The Johnson Wax Administration Building is an ideal workspace

where _______________________________. The interior of the Johnson Wax Building is all _____________________.

10) What did Wright call the skyscraper?

Answers

1) the open plan2) “So he could learn the basic geometric shapes

underlying natural and man-made structures”3) long /low roof lines, central stone fire place4) “Space became a sculptural element that could be

shaped”5) low slung roofs, deep eaves, and horizontal massing6) partitions of furnishings / level changes7) Fallingwater8) 1) It’s over the waterfall 9) “space…egalitarian principles; all curves10) “the tree that escaped the forest”

NOTES TITLE

Modern Architecture

Modern Architecture Characteristics

a rejection of historical stylesmaterials and functional requirements

determine the result Utilitarian designrejection of ornamentation/decorationsimplification of form/elimination of

"unnecessary detail" form follows function

Frank Lloyd Wright

1867–1959American architect, interior designer, writer, educator, and

philosopherOak Park, IllinoisDesigned +1,000 projects

500 were completed worksFamous works:

Robie House Rosenbaum House Falling Water House

•Objective: • To create a distinctive form of

American Architecture•Innovations: • Open floor plan in homes• organic architecture• Designed homes to patrons

needs

Guggenheim Museum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icErgB_ZmFM

“Modern architecture is the idea of eliminating the containment which is the box, reaching out and amplifying space, dragging things in from the outside”

Styles

Usonian

Organic

Prairie

Styles

Usonian Homes small, single story dwellings offered as a low-cost home

for middle income families no garage nor storage; no attics nor basements L-shaped to fit on odd/cheap lots environmentally conscious native materials flat roofs cantilevered overhangs for solar heating and natural

cooling natural lighting radiant floor heating Example: Rosenbaum House

Rosenbaum House

1938Florence, Alabamabuilt for newlyweds Stanley and Mildred Rosenbaum Usonian stylesingle-family housebased on the 1936 Usonian prototype built on a two acre plot in an L-shapemade from natural materials, cypress wood, brick, and glassmultilevel low-rising steel-cantilevered roofsrooms have their own door to the outsidecenter of the house is the "service core“ Question: What economic occurrence influenced this type of

design?

Styles

Organic architecture promotes harmony between human habitation and the

natural world Structure is well integrated with its site and natural

surroundings furnishings, interior and exterior reflect each other to

create a unified and interrelated composition

Example: Falling Water House

Falling Water1935 rural southwestern Pennsylvania, 50 miles southeast of Pittsburghorganic style built partly over a waterfall integration with natural surroundingsfireplace hearth is composed of boulders found on the site and upon

which the house was builtone set of boulders which was left in place protrudes slightly

through the living room floorstone floors are waxed, while the hearth is left plain, giving the

impression of dry rocks protruding from a streamwhere glass meets stone walls, there is no metal frame; rather, the

glass is caulked directly to the stoneBedrooms are small, low ceilings, encourage people outward

toward the open social areas, decks, and outdoorsactive stream can be heard constantly throughout the houseQuestion: Does Bryan Station High School follow this type of

design?

This is a video; watch it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSbjVgpXDoA

Styles

Prairie Style horizontal lines flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves windows grouped in horizontal bands integration with the landscape solid construction Ornamentation through repetition horizontal lines related to the native prairie landscape Example: Robie House

Robie House

1908-1909 built for Frederick C. Robie This home began the modernist era in building design Chicago, Illinois Prairie Style the buildings and their various components (e.g. doors, windows,

furniture, tapestries, etc.) owed their design influence to the landscape and plant life of the prairie of the United States.

low-proportioned, horizontal profile which gives it the appearance of spreading out on the flat prairie land

A chimney mass containing the house's four fireplaces rises through the center of the house acting as the anchor to which the house is designed around on all three levels

structural steel framing creates interior spaces that are absent of posts, walls, and obstructions

open flowing interiors symbolizes the openness of the American prairie

Question: Why do horizontal lines best reflect the prairie?

Application Activity

In the following slides determine which style of house would be suitable for the given location.

Application Activity

Objective: Create a billboard advertisement for Frank Lloyd Wright to encourage people to hire him to be their architect!

Requirements: A hook to let the audience know what the billboard is about Images that illustrate/show the different styles of

architecture that the patron can request An image of each of the styles must be present!

Answer the following question: How did each of these structures influence modern and post-modern architecture?

A summarizing statement at the bottom of the billboard that really convinces the patron to hire Wright!

20 minutes

2 impt. facts/visual example/why created/impact on modern arch

Exit Slip

1) Who was Frank Lloyd Wright?  2) Which of the following BEST describes a usonian home?

a. small, single story dwellings, L-shaped to fit on odd/cheap lots. b. promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world c. ornamentation through repetition, windows grouped in horizontal bands d. highly ornamented, symmetrically balanced, expensive

3) Which of the following BEST describes a prairie home? a. small, single story dwellings, L-shaped to fit on odd/cheap lots b. promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world c. horizontal lines, ornamentation through repetition d. highly ornamented, symmetrically balanced

4) Which of the following BEST describes an organic home? a. small, single story dwellings, L-shaped to fit on odd/cheap lots, b. promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world c. horizontal lines, ornamentation through repetition d. highly ornamented, symmetrically balanced

5) Give an example of an usonian home. 6) Give an example of a home designed in the prairie style. 7) Give an example of an organic home.

FLW influence in Lexington!